The following notes show the pertinent information from the 18th April Committee Meeting.

Club Captain
The Club Captain welcomed everyone to the meeting, and reviewed his outstanding actions from the previous meeting as follows:
- Charity Donations
It was confirmed that the charity donation of over £$00 had been received by the charity and a letter of confirmation from them was expected shortly.
- Pairs Competition
The competition was a great success with 32 members taking part. Reece Lambert was congratulated for his winning score and over £50 was raised for the Captain’s charity.
- Partners Evening
The poster for this event on Friday 21st June is now on the board and will be added to the club Facebook and WhatsApp accounts
-  Captain’s Day
The poster for this event on June 29th is now on the Notice Board. Donations for a charity auction would be gratefully received.
• Summer Pairs Cup
The arrangements for a 4 ball better ball pairs competition are in hand and a poster will be issued  when the details are finalised.

Senior Captains Report
Terry Cotton, on behalf of the seniors, reported that although there was no senior captain appointed, the arrangements for the team friendly and weekly roll-ups were going well. Bob Taylor was organising the external matches and various seniors were organising the roll ups and club competitions on the day. Terry considered that these arrangements could continue until a senior captain was appointed for 2025.

Hardy A Captain
Craig Pitcher reported that the team lost the first match 6:2 but the arrangements for the day went well and the match was enjoyed by all. The next match is on May 18th at home to Ferndown Forest with an earlier tee time of 12:00 pm.

 Hardy B Captain
Nothing to report. The next Match is April 27th at home to Came Down.

3 Counties Captain
Nothing to report. The next match is 20th April at home to Yeovil.

Handicap Secretary’s Report
Martin Blatchford reported that summer knockout draw has been completed. All three competitions are ¾ handicap and the usual rules will apply to meeting deadlines for round completion and joint responsibilities for setting up the matches. He noted that due to the number of entries, 3 weeks between rounds will be required and that some entry fees remain unpaid. He also reported that the EG revised slope ratings have been implemented with no apparent problems.


Treasurers Report
Debbie Hinks confirmed that account remains quite healthy due to the sensible and careful approach relating to club expenditures. Consequently, she considered that additional fund raising activities such as sponsorship deals etc were not necessary at this time. Members have benefitted by the freezing of fees for 2024, even though the DCGU fees had increased. The committee affirmed that the careful consideration of spending should continue.

Matters Arising
• Internal Team Competition
Reece Lambert reported that he was reviewing the arrangements for a Hardy A-B/3CL/Senior team competition and possible scoring methods. The committee agreed that this competition should be put in place in 2025 prior to the commencement of the 2025 season matches.

• Driving Nets
The Captain agreed to talk to the Centre Manager to ascertain if any progress could be made on the setting up of the driving nets. It was recognised that the seasonal conditions had incurred a great deal of additional work for Greenkeeper Andy. 

• Club Signage
The secretary confirmed that the new signage board has been ordered by Mark Maguire.

• Ladies Section
The secretary reported that more interest was being shown by potential lady members and further contacts were being pursued.

• Additional Members
Secretary Toni stated that 4 players had joined the Centre and were intending to join the club. This implies that on joining the club, the 3 free rounds for handicap assessment are not relevant. After some discussion - recognising that the free rounds are a Centre initiative – the club membership fees should apply as currently defined.

AOB
• Hole-in-one Boards
Kevin Down suggested that the club should display a board showing the players that had achieved a hole-in-one. It was agreed that this would be discussed at the next meeting.

• RTTV Away Day
Andy Cole reported although this is not a formal club event, it would be gratefully appreciated if the club would provide a winners prize for this day away competition. It was agreed that a £30 voucher to be spent in the club house would be provided.

• Welcome Pack
Secretary Toni suggested that the Welcome Pack should be amended to contain contact information and that the pack should be split into a Welcome Pack and a Membership Pack with the included information optimised for the two documents. This was agreed by the committee.

• WhatsApp Access
The secretary noted that there is now a QR Code that can be swiped to get access to the WhatsApp groups. To ease the means for new member joining WhatsApp she was given admin privileges for the Senior WhatsApp group.

Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held at Folke on Wednesday 16th May at 6:30 pm. All members are welcome to attend.